When I am in Humboldt County I always love to visit the coastline of Trinidad which is 20 minutes North of Eureka. It is the Rocky Pacific Coast like that of Oregon. The scenery is amazing and when walking also a bit inlands you find lagoons, swamps, moss covered forests and then eventually Redwoods up the mountains.
Here are some photos of the Coast:
And here are some views of the what the land next to the coast looks like. This is an area a bit North of Trinidad where we hiked Fern Canyon. Very cool.
To give you a feel for how it looks on the coast when you look inlands, here is a panorama view:
Now, there is more to see when you get into the Redwoods. Here are some views in one of the parks South of Eureka.
More to come.